Sky
@skylarkblue1.itch.io
She/They, 24
Game Dev (Tech Design, Programming), Programmer, Community Manager, Twitch Affiliate, Red Teamer
+ Reads many books, plays/makes many ARGs, builds legos & gunpla
Portfolio: https://skylarkblue1.itch.io
Reading Account: @skysreads.bsky.social
Game Dev (Tech Design, Programming), Programmer, Community Manager, Twitch Affiliate, Red Teamer
+ Reads many books, plays/makes many ARGs, builds legos & gunpla
Portfolio: https://skylarkblue1.itch.io
Reading Account: @skysreads.bsky.social
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Sky
@skylarkblue1.itch.io
· Jun 13
Hey #GameDev community (or anyone else interested in ARGs!)
I'm looking to become a consultant on ARGs and freelance designer/runner for them too. I have a history going back to 2016 of playing & helping make both professional and hobbyist! Twitch & PUBG I've helped make/run official ARGs for.
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I'm looking to become a consultant on ARGs and freelance designer/runner for them too. I have a history going back to 2016 of playing & helping make both professional and hobbyist! Twitch & PUBG I've helped make/run official ARGs for.
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This wasn't a placeholder. They said "lmao who's going to notice, AI is much cheaper lololol" and shipped it.
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This wasn't a placeholder. They said "lmao who's going to notice, AI is much cheaper lololol" and shipped it.
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Vote with your wallet. Send the message that this is simply unacceptable. And I hope the German government rakes them over the coals for taking 6M Euros from a cultural fund and then using AI localization.
It’s one Eff You after another to players and now cultural institutions.
It’s one Eff You after another to players and now cultural institutions.
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Vote with your wallet. Send the message that this is simply unacceptable. And I hope the German government rakes them over the coals for taking 6M Euros from a cultural fund and then using AI localization.
It’s one Eff You after another to players and now cultural institutions.
It’s one Eff You after another to players and now cultural institutions.
To any Brits that like strawberry yoghurt - This is unironically incredible lmao. Literally tastes exactly like a really nice strawberry yoghurt despite being dairy free, really damn nice
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
To any Brits that like strawberry yoghurt - This is unironically incredible lmao. Literally tastes exactly like a really nice strawberry yoghurt despite being dairy free, really damn nice
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Sorry, but if you own the new cod and don't refund it i don't know what to say to you.
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sorry, but if you own the new cod and don't refund it i don't know what to say to you.
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Me: I’m gonna say this so gently, but COD is a known propaganda arm for US hegemony and has ties to the CIA, Abu Ghraib and many others -please don’t be mad at me-
COD: makes a “jokey” ad about TSA violating passengers‘ rights and thinks we won’t notice because a white man is getting harassed.
🙂🙃
COD: makes a “jokey” ad about TSA violating passengers‘ rights and thinks we won’t notice because a white man is getting harassed.
🙂🙃
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Me: I’m gonna say this so gently, but COD is a known propaganda arm for US hegemony and has ties to the CIA, Abu Ghraib and many others -please don’t be mad at me-
COD: makes a “jokey” ad about TSA violating passengers‘ rights and thinks we won’t notice because a white man is getting harassed.
🙂🙃
COD: makes a “jokey” ad about TSA violating passengers‘ rights and thinks we won’t notice because a white man is getting harassed.
🙂🙃
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Worth noting that just 9 days ago, she mourned the loss of her Disability Visibility column at Teen Vogue that she worked so hard to build over the years. Her words inspired and educated readers for years.
@teenvogue.com you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves
@teenvogue.com you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Worth noting that just 9 days ago, she mourned the loss of her Disability Visibility column at Teen Vogue that she worked so hard to build over the years. Her words inspired and educated readers for years.
@teenvogue.com you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves
@teenvogue.com you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Calling any decision in game development 'lazy' is false 99% of the time, but — if true — shipping GenAI assets instead of getting any one of the dozens of capable artists on the project to do it properly falls into the 1%.
Ubisoft and Treyarch resorting to regurgitative AI in their big $70 “AAA” games is simply pathetic.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
The lack of integrity, the lack of dignity, the lack of pride. Sure, it’s all expected, but nonetheless miserably *pathetic* to witness.
Have some fucking self respect for once.
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Calling any decision in game development 'lazy' is false 99% of the time, but — if true — shipping GenAI assets instead of getting any one of the dozens of capable artists on the project to do it properly falls into the 1%.
Can we kick him off stage yet?
He's never been an actual representative of the industry. He's pushed his way to where his is with his parents money and only wants attention and validation.
I want to see someone who actually cares about bettering the industry, not bettering themselves.
He's never been an actual representative of the industry. He's pushed his way to where his is with his parents money and only wants attention and validation.
I want to see someone who actually cares about bettering the industry, not bettering themselves.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Can we kick him off stage yet?
He's never been an actual representative of the industry. He's pushed his way to where his is with his parents money and only wants attention and validation.
I want to see someone who actually cares about bettering the industry, not bettering themselves.
He's never been an actual representative of the industry. He's pushed his way to where his is with his parents money and only wants attention and validation.
I want to see someone who actually cares about bettering the industry, not bettering themselves.
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perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
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✊✊✊✊✊ don't cross that picket line
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
✊✊✊✊✊ don't cross that picket line
After being sent something he posted, if I find out he's intentionally blocking me from getting development jobs, I will not hesitate to show logs & name.
Don't decide my career path for me & put words into my mouth. Don't act like you didn't scream at and half-threaten me in private.
Don't decide my career path for me & put words into my mouth. Don't act like you didn't scream at and half-threaten me in private.
Honestly the more interactions I have with men in power in the games industry, the less I want to be in this industry... Super cool when someone leaves you feeling super uncomfortable with no options to do anything.
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
After being sent something he posted, if I find out he's intentionally blocking me from getting development jobs, I will not hesitate to show logs & name.
Don't decide my career path for me & put words into my mouth. Don't act like you didn't scream at and half-threaten me in private.
Don't decide my career path for me & put words into my mouth. Don't act like you didn't scream at and half-threaten me in private.
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
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If GenAI was truly “inevitable” and “the future,” you wouldn’t have rich executives putting out statements like this again and again. They know how unpopular it is (even as they’re ignorant of it crumbling around them), and keep trying to browbeat us into accepting it. They won’t succeed.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If GenAI was truly “inevitable” and “the future,” you wouldn’t have rich executives putting out statements like this again and again. They know how unpopular it is (even as they’re ignorant of it crumbling around them), and keep trying to browbeat us into accepting it. They won’t succeed.
If you're feeling down about the industry, check this post + the quotes on it.
So many devs and studios still refuse to use genAI and produce some of the best works in the industry.
You do not have to use it. If those who are using it so much are pushing their competition to use it, ask why.
So many devs and studios still refuse to use genAI and produce some of the best works in the industry.
You do not have to use it. If those who are using it so much are pushing their competition to use it, ask why.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you're feeling down about the industry, check this post + the quotes on it.
So many devs and studios still refuse to use genAI and produce some of the best works in the industry.
You do not have to use it. If those who are using it so much are pushing their competition to use it, ask why.
So many devs and studios still refuse to use genAI and produce some of the best works in the industry.
You do not have to use it. If those who are using it so much are pushing their competition to use it, ask why.
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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No genAI at Kaizen Game Works either, in Promise Mascot Agency or Paradise Killer.
All pure, human nonsense and love.
All pure, human nonsense and love.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
No genAI at Kaizen Game Works either, in Promise Mascot Agency or Paradise Killer.
All pure, human nonsense and love.
All pure, human nonsense and love.
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horrifying, but it does explain why I occasionally run into people who get very mad at me over things they think i said instead of things i actually said
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
horrifying, but it does explain why I occasionally run into people who get very mad at me over things they think i said instead of things i actually said
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Because I'm not seeing this get talked about nearly as much as it should:
Both original creators of Needy Streamer Overload/Needy Girl Overdose have been forced out, contracts terminated and allegedly refused pending payments. This comes as the anime just got announced.
Both original creators of Needy Streamer Overload/Needy Girl Overdose have been forced out, contracts terminated and allegedly refused pending payments. This comes as the anime just got announced.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Because I'm not seeing this get talked about nearly as much as it should:
Both original creators of Needy Streamer Overload/Needy Girl Overdose have been forced out, contracts terminated and allegedly refused pending payments. This comes as the anime just got announced.
Both original creators of Needy Streamer Overload/Needy Girl Overdose have been forced out, contracts terminated and allegedly refused pending payments. This comes as the anime just got announced.
Honestly the more interactions I have with men in power in the games industry, the less I want to be in this industry... Super cool when someone leaves you feeling super uncomfortable with no options to do anything.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Honestly the more interactions I have with men in power in the games industry, the less I want to be in this industry... Super cool when someone leaves you feeling super uncomfortable with no options to do anything.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...